NBC News very cleverly gave Phil Griffin a new job description yesterday. Previously the SVP of NBC News, Griffin has been running the day-to-day at MSNBC since 2006, following Rick Kaplan's departure. In his new role, as president of MSNBC, Griffin will be, uh, running the day-to-day at MSNBC. Indeed, nothing has really changed about his role at the cable channel. Elsewhere? Yeah, things are different.
In Griffin's previous role, he was also overseeing the Today show, technically leading the executive producer there, Jim Bell. He will no longer have that responsibility. One line of thinking suggests the move is a preemptive stab at making room for the next EP of Today, as Bell may be leaving to head NBC Sports, where its current chief, Dick Ebersol, is rumored to be leaving after this year's Olympics.
So congratulations on Griffin's "new" gig.
Perhaps 30 Rock is celebrating it by taking down Brian Williams' Nightly News billboard on the West Side Highway, which one informant says has been replaced with Keith Olbermann's mug.
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MSNBC also needs to do something with Andrea Mitchell and Nora O'Donnel. They are so angry on TV when it does not go obama's way. Some of the things they say are so off the wall. Who do they think they are? The way they are covering Sarah Palin is disgusting. Why didn't they ever treat obama this way. They never looked into his shady past with all of his radical associations. He does not even have a valid birth certificate. Thank goodness for Sean Hannity, he is a great American. MSNBC is the worst station on the air. I am a democrat and I will be voting for John McCain. At least he has been vetted and we all know him and everyone likes McCain. MSNBC made it easier for me to vote for McCain.
Rachel Maddow is another one, where do these people come from. She is just as bad as olberman if not worse. The only one on the whole MSNBC tv station that is worth keeping is Joe Scarborough, he has been put thru the ringer. I like Joe, he is fair and balanced. Sarah Palin just came on the scene and they are all over her. People all over are talking about these reporters and they don't like it. This will come back to haunt MSNBC.